BREXIT

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hopefully with a few tweaks and a bit of cooperation from Brussels, May's deal will now get the approval of Parliament.

I wouldn’t think so.  Remember what May’s deal is.  It simply removes us politically from the EU, but leaves us trading as before as part of the single market.  Effectively the end of march is the date the UK loses it’s sovereignty.  We will have to abide by EU rules but have no say whatsoever in them.  As Fazersharp says, the EU will decide and we will have to implement.  We will no longer be the rule makers, we will simply become rule takers. 



This is a withdrawal agreement.  It allows a 2 year period in which to negotiate BREXIT.  Ie to negotiate our future relationship and trading terms with the EU.  It’s when the real fun starts.  This is just the warm up.


The backstop is there to hold us in a customs union of the negotiations fail, which of course they will.  The backstop is there to prevent a hard border being formed in Northern Ireland, and in doing so undermining the Good Friday Agreement, which could undermine peace in Ireland and the UK.


May’s deal will also most likely trigger a second Scottish Independence Referendum, Nicola Sturgeon will not be able to hold back the bulk of the SNP membership keen to rush into a second ballot.  So the UK will be left negotiating it’s exit from the EU whilst there is a second Scottish Referendum to decide the actual future of the United Kingdom.


May’s deal is a fucking mess.  We need to move rapidly to a settled position.  Not kick the ball down the road again.